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Arts Alive Street Festival: Tufts University

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Dates:	Saturday, October 17, 2009
Hours:	2:30pm to 7:00pm
Ages:	Kids, Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor, Outdoor
Cost:	Free
Category:	Music & Concerts

Tufts presents the Arts Alive Street Festival, an exciting arts festival inside and outside the Granoff Music Center on Talbot Avenue. The event is free and open to the entire Tufts community and public.

Short concerts, shows, interactive presentations, and exhibits will be presented by ensembles and groups from the departments of music, drama and dance, art history, the art gallery, as well as almost every student-run TCU arts ensemble.

Schedule of Events
2:30–6:30 pm
Festival
TALBOT AVENUE, ARTS SQUARE, MAYER CAMPUS CENTER

2:30 pm
Festival Kick-Off in the Square
Gospel Choir, directed by David Coleman, Lecturer, Department of Music, performs
ARTS SQUARE, STEPS OF SOPHIA GORDON HALL, EAST (RAIN: COHEN AUDITORIUM)

Musical songs and short scenes
Torn Ticket II, a student-run musical theater group, performs
AIDEKMAN ARTS CENTER, BALCH ARENA THEATER

2:40 pm
Music on the Patio
S-Factor, an all-male student a capella group, performs
MAYER CAMPUS CENTER PATIO (RAIN: MAYER CAMPUS CENTER, HOTUNG CAFÉ)

Music in the Square
The Tufts Big Band, directed by Joel LaRue Smith, Lecturer, Department of Music, performs
ARTS SQUARE, TALBOT STAGE

2:50 pm
Martial Arts in the Square
Tae Kwon Do, the oldest martial arts group at Tufts, performs
ARTS SQUARE, ASHER PLAZA (RAIN: SOPHIA GORDON HALL, MULTIPURPOSE ROOM)

2:55 pm
Music in the Square
Jackson Jills, an all-female student
a capella group, performs
ARTS SQUARE, STEPS OF SOPHIA GORDON HALL, EAST (RAIN: AIDEKMAN ARTS CENTER, COHEN AUDITORIUM)
Dance Ensemble In-Progress
Daniel McCusker, Lecturer, Department of Drama and Dance, directs student dancers
JACKSON GYM, JACKSON DANCE LAB

3:05 pm
Dancing in the Ballroom
Tufts Ballroom Dance Club and Team performs for an hour, followed by an hour lesson
MAYER CAMPUS CENTER, HOTUNG CAFÉ

3:10 pm
Music in the Square
Amalgamates, a Tufts co-ed student a capella group, performs
ARTS SQUARE, STEPS OF SOPHIA GORDON HALL, EAST (RAIN: COHEN AUDITORIUM)

Theater in a Music Space
Major: Undecided, a sketch comedy group, performs
GRANOFF MUSIC CENTER, DISTLER PERFORMANCE HALL

3:25 pm
Dance in the Square
Turbo, a student break-dancing group, performs
ARTS SQUARE, TALBOT STAGE (RAIN: GRANOFF MUSIC CENTER, MURNANE LOBBY)

Kiss Me, Kate
Songs and scenes from the Department of Drama and Dance’s upcoming production, directed by department chair, Barbara Wallace Grossman, choreographed by Laura Espy, A06, musical direction by Jared Trudeau, A11.
AIDEKMAN ARTS CENTER, BALCH ARENA THEATER

Scenes in the Outdoors
Bare Bodkin, a student theater group, performs scenes
MAYER CAMPUS CENTER PATIO (RAIN: SOPHIA GORDON HALL, MULTIPURPOSE ROOM)

3:40 pm
Music in a Music Space
Essence, an all-female student a capella group, performs
ARTS SQUARE, STEPS OF SOPHIA GORDON HALL, EAST (RAIN: AIDEKMAN ARTS CENTER, COHEN AUDITORIUM)

Scenes from the Opera
Tufts Opera Ensemble, directed by Carol Mastrodomenico, Lecturer, Department of Music, and Steven Morris, Lecturer, Department of Music, performs scenes from an upcoming opera
GRANOFF MUSIC CENTER, FISHER PERFORMANCE ROOM

Music from Across the Globe
The Tufts and Boston Village Gamelan, directed by Barry Drummond, Lecturer, Department of Music, performs
GRANOFF MUSIC CENTER, WORLD MUSIC ROOM

3:55 pm
Group Movement Structures
Alice Trexler, Associate Professor of Dance, directs student dancers
ARTS SQUARE, ASHER PLAZA (RAIN: JACKSON GYM, JACKSON DANCE LAB)

Music in a Music Space
Shir Appeal, a Tufts student a capella group, performs
MAYER CAMPUS CENTER, CAMPUS CENTER PATIO (RAIN: AIDEKMAN ARTS CENTER, COHEN AUDITORIUM)

4:00 pm
New Music from Tufts
NME, the Tufts New Music Ensemble, directed by Professor of Music John McDonald and Donald Berman, Lecturer, Department of Music, present new and modern works.
GRANOFF MUSIC CENTER, DISTLER PERFORMANCE HALL

4:10 pm
Children’s Comedy
Traveling Treasure Trunk, Tufts’ only children’s theater troupe, performs
ARTS SQUARE, TALBOT STAGE (RAIN: SOPHIA GORDON HALL, MULTIPURPOSE ROOM)

4:15 pm
Music on the Patio
sQ!, a co-ed student a cappella group, performs
MAYER CAMPUS CENTER PATIO (RAIN: AIDEKMAN ARTS CENTER, COHEN AUDITORIUM)

4:20 pm
Theater in a Theater Space
Pen, Paint and Pretzels (3Ps), Tufts’ umbrella student theater organization, performs pieces from the 3Ps fall 2009 season
AIDEKMAN ARTS CENTER, BALCH ARENA THEATER

4:30 pm
Music in a Music Space
The Tufts Wind Ensemble, directed by John McCann, Lecturer, Department of Music, performs
GRANOFF MUSIC CENTER, DISTLER PERFORMANCE HALL

4:35 pm
Music in the Square
Beelzebubs, an all-male student a capella group, performs
ARTS SQUARE, TALBOT STAGE (RAIN: AIDEKMAN ARTS CENTER, COHEN AUDITORIUM)

4:50 pm
Music in the Square
Kiniwe, the Tufts African drumming and dance ensemble, directed by David Locke, Associate Professor of Music, performs
ARTS SQUARE, STEPS OF SOPHIA GORDON HALL, EAST (RAIN: GRANOFF MUSIC CENTER, DISTLER PERFORMANCE HALL)

5:15 pm
Music in a Music Space
The Tufts Flute Ensemble, directed by Nina Barwell, Lecturer, Department of Music, performs
GRANOFF MUSIC CENTER, DISTLER PERFORMANCE HALL

Theater in a Theater Space
HYPE, a student mime group, and Cheapsox, a comedy unit, perform
ARTS SQUARE, TALBOT STAGE (RAIN: AIDEKMAN ARTS CENTER, BALCH ARENA THEATER)

5:45 pm
Percussive Music
B.E.A.T.S., a percussive performance group, performs
ARTS SQUARE, SOPHIA GORDON HALL STAGE (RAIN: SOPHIA GORDON HALL, MULTIPURPOSE ROOM)

6:00 pm
Dance in the Big Space
Tufts Dance Collective, Spirit of Color, and Sarabande, student dance groups, perform
AIDEKMAN ARTS CENTER, COHEN AUDITORIUM

6:05 pm
Klezmer Rockin’ Dance Party
The Jumbo Knish Factory, directed by Michael McLaughlin, Lecturer, Department of Music, performs klezmer music that you can dance to!
SOPHIA GORDON HALL, MULTIPURPOSE ROOM

WEBSITE

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LOCATION

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20 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA map
Phone: 617-627-3679

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TIPS

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This event coincides with Parents Weekend. Explore parking options first.